AI and American Nihilism - by Alex Chalmers
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After the afterglow
Twilight in the Wilderness by Frederic Edwin Church (1860) For his 2011 book Lost in Transition, Notre Dame sociologist Christian Smith conducted a series of in-depth interviews with 18-23 year-olds on culture, religion, and values. When he asked his respondents about a time they had faced a moral dilemma, two-thirds of his respondents weren’t able to engage with the question. Many simply could not name a moral dilemma they had ever faced, while others cited practical or financial decisions, such as whether they should buy a second cat litter tray or rent a larger apartment. It is tempting…
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